[Web4lib] SecondLife Community Libraries
Allison Brueckner
allison.brueckner at comcast.net
Thu Sep 10 22:25:44 EDT 2009
I would like to echo Ms Norma Jean's comments here in regards to the value
and activity (pro-activity/volunteerism) that Second Life returns to the
education/arts&humanities/library/museum/science communities. I have been
advised of a recent government proposal (thus now passed) that was
requesting participation in the replication build of a scientific center
(that name which escapes me at the moment... however, with that said, that
is a clear exaplment of active and serious interest in the platform of
Second Life.
On the other hand, it does depend on an organization and an individual's
time/money investment in such involvement... although "free" per se, it does
cost.
Honestly, I just had to chime in with Ms Norma Jean's comments because I
have met her through Second Life and am also very active in that platform of
surrogate dissemination of information and networking via a multi-user
virtual environment. I would not have met such great minds, such as Ms. NJ,
if I had not invested my personal business time to contribute and
participate my time and talent in SL.
Cheers,
--Ali. (aka: Teofila Matova in Second Life)
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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Ms Norma Jean Hewlett
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:48 PM
To: Mitchell, Michael
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] SecondLife Community Libraries
H Micheal and all
Far from having been passed by, SecondLife is alive and well, with twice
as many active residents as when I joined two years ago.
One of the most interesting things about SL is the way people seem to
feel that libraries are a necessary part of their online communities,
even the fantasy communities. I live in a steampunk-fantasy 19th century
Oregon town, where I was recruited to be the Director of a public
library that exists only in cyberspace. We are part of a library
consortium - one of several library consortia that exist on SecondLife.
Our members include about a dozen similar libraries in a wide variety of
role-playing communities, from medieval Japan to Ireland to Moorish
Spain to Victorian England.
Silly? Perhaps, but also a research laboratory for studying the roles of
an online library in a highly computer-literate community.
Jean Hewlett
Regional Librarian, University of San Francisco
aka Riven Homewood
Director, Steelhead Public Library, Steelhead City, SecondLife
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitchell, Michael" <Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:49 am
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Facebook
To: lcohn at bplnj.org
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Yes, that sounds very cool. I stand corrected on the vitality of
> Second Life. I had the impression it had been passed by.
>
> Mike Mitchell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L Cohn [mailto:lcohn at bplnj.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:18 PM
> To: Mitchell, Michael; L Cohn
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Facebook
>
>
>
> Here's a specific example for you of the use of something like
> Second Life. I recently joined it, and have worked for the
> Alliance Virtual Library on my own time in the past month. There's
> another library in Second Life that is holding "live" readings,
> virtually every night. Last night, I got an invitation to attend a
> reading of Greek Mythology, stories about Theseus....Now, I love
> Greek mythology and would have loved to attend, but I had other
> plans....
> Picture this....you (your avatar) is sitting in a simulation of
> Mount Olympus while someone else's avatar, which bears a striking
> resemblance to Zeus....is sitting on a nearby cloud and you hear,
> through your computer, a real voice reading Homer, or some other
> great work of Greek literature.
>
> The simulation is really fairly crowded. This library's events
> (West of Ireland), are always quite crowded. The people in the
> audience can be gamers or people just having fun
> a virtual world, but they were walking around this simulation of
> Ancient Greece and stumbled on the reading. They very well could
> be inspired to pick up a book and read it for the first time. And
> not just any book, but a Greek mythology book.
>
> This is what this virtual world is capable of doing. Its very
> exciting. Perhaps some libraries aren't quite ready for it, but
> look ahead. The possibilities are really exciting.
>
> Lisa
>
> ------------------------------------
> Lisa Cohn, ILL, WebMaster, Reference
> Bloomfield Public Library, bplnj.org
> 90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
> 973-566-6200x217, lcohn at bplnj.org
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "L Cohn" <lcohn at bplnj.org>
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:05:50 -0400
>
> >
> >
> >
> >I think blogs were the new thing, but were quickly passed by newer
> and more impressive forms of Web 2.0. Technology ran a little
> faster than blogs could keep up with. Blogs were updated faster
> than some websites, but other Web 2.0 technologies, including
> Facebook, Second Life and Twitter are just faster yet...instantaneous.
> >
> >Lisa
> >------------------------------------
> >Lisa Cohn, ILL, WebMaster, Reference
> >Bloomfield Public Library, bplnj.org
> >90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
> > 973-566-6200x217, lcohn at bplnj.org
> >------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> >From: "Mitchell, Michael" <Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu>
> >Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:20:45 -0500
> >
> >>Thanks for your answers. I feel a bit more enlightened now though
> not necessarily convinced. I keep trying to believe in Library 2.0,
> or even small parts of it, but I'm just not being very successful
> in convincing myself of the utility of most of it.
> >> For example, we can stay in their face with Facebook, I see that
> now, but I just don't see that we (Brazosport College Library) have
> that much to put in their faces. There is a time and place for
> everything. We can let them add social tags to books and other
> items but I don't see imprecise descriptions helping anyone much.
> Blogging is so over-rated and becoming quite passé. They're
> everywhere but look how many blogs haven't been updated in months.
> Aren't they sad looking? Our reference librarian is participating
> in a national reference service that invites texted questions. I
> think he said he's gotten about six questions so far in a month or
> so. But it's new so maybe word just needs to spread.
> >> I'll keep lurking and thinking here.
> >>
> >>
> >>Michael Mitchell
> >>Technical Services Librarian
> >>Brazosport College
> >>Lake Jackson, TX
> >>michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-
> bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mitchell, Michael
> >>Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:43 AM
> >>To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >>Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Facebook
> >>
> >>What are the advantages of Facebook over Web pages on the library
> Web>>site? I'm afraid I really don't understand. I just don't see
> anything>>special there. I'm really asking, not trolling.
> >>
> >>
> >>Michael Mitchell
> >>Technical Services Librarian
> >>Brazosport College
> >>Lake Jackson, TX
> >>michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> >>[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leo Robert
> Klein>>Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:22 AM
> >>To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >>Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook
> >>
> >>John Fereira wrote:
> >>> Christine Zeitler wrote:
> >>>> One of the academic libraries at which I work is attempting to
> decide>>if
> >>>> they want to use Facebook to interact with the students.
> >>>
> >>> I think that the more important question here is whether
> students want
> >>
> >>> to use Facebook to interact with libraries.
> >>
> >>Good point but increasingly it seems as if Facebook is more an
> entry
> >>point for various types of communication, including friends of
> course,
> >>but also professional and personal interests.
> >>
> >>I mean, just looking at my own list, I've got the Chicago
> Historical
> >>Society, a couple of my old schools and something called 'Static
> FBML'
> >>whose meaning I honestly can't remember.
> >>
> >>Assuming a similar collection (adjusted for age) on the part of
> our
> >>users and I don't think it's too exotic if the library starts
> banging on
> >>
> >>their Facebook door as well.
> >>
> >>LEO
> >>
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> >>www.ChicagoLibrarian.com (blog)
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